Marquez rages to third consecutive pole with Pedrosa in third

Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez has claimed his third successive pole in as many races continuing his perfect start to the 2014 season with teammate Dani Pedrosa also taking an important front row start for tomorrow’s 25 lap race.

Marc recorded his blazing fast lap of 1’37.683 on lap 5 of 6 and finished 0.742 faster than second place man Lorenzo. Marc and Dovizioso (5th) were the only riders who chose to use the hardest option front tire – partnered with the medium rear – with the others opting for the medium compound front. Dani, who will be aiming for one of his trademark starts, recorded his fastest lap of 1’38.651 on lap 7 of 8.

The race will begin at 14h00 local time tomorrow.

Marc Marquez

“Today I really felt good on the bike and I am happy to have taken pole position! In the morning and in FP4, we worked a lot with the used tire and this afternoon we obviously focused on qualifying. I put in a very good lap and I think that tomorrow it will be interesting to see which tire will be required for the race, because there are various options for both the front and the rear - it is going to be a difficult choice! One of the keys for the race will be tire management, in order to try to get to the end with optimal grip - which will allow us to make the difference”

Dani Pedrosa

“Qualifying did not go perfectly. I wasn't as fast as I wanted to be and I know that I made a few mistakes - especially on the final corner - which hindered me a lot. However, I'm happy, because the important thing is that we had some good practice sessions. We are high up the grid for tomorrow, so we shall try to make the most of this and have a good race”

MotoGP 2014Saturday, April 26th 2014

Qualifying
Round 3
Gran Premio De La Republica ArgentinaArgentina

Results Session

Pos.

Rider

Num

Nation

Team

Constructor

Time/Gap

1

Marquez Marc

93

SPA

Repsol Honda Team

Honda

1'37.683

2

Lorenzo Jorge

99

SPA

Movistar Yamaha MotoGP

Yamaha

1'38.425

3

Pedrosa Dani

26

SPA

Repsol Honda Team

Honda

1'38.651

4

Espargaro Aleix

41

SPA

NGM Forward Racing

Forward Yamaha

1'38.794

5

Dovizioso Andrea

04

ITA

Ducati Team

Ducati

1'38.856

6

Rossi Valentino

46

ITA

Movistar Yamaha MotoGP

Yamaha

1'38.949

7

Smith Bradley

38

GBR

Monster Yamaha Tech 3

Yamaha

1'38.958

8

Iannone Andrea

29

ITA

Pramac Racing

Ducati

1'39.237

9

Bradl Stefan

6

GER

LCR Honda MotoGP

Honda

1'39.297

10

Bautista Alvaro

19

SPA

Go & Fun Honda Gresini

Honda

1'39.429

11

Espargaro Pol

44

SPA

Monster Yamaha Tech 3

Yamaha

1'39.822

13

Redding Scott

45

GBR

Go & Fun Honda Gresini

Honda

1'40.238

14

Edwards Colin

5

USA

Athina Forward Racing

Forward Yamaha

1'40.476

15

Abraham Karel

17

CZE

AB Motoracing

Honda

1'40.615

16

Aoyama Hiroshi

7

JPN

Aspar Team

Honda

1'40.616

17

Hernandez Yonny

68

COL

Energy T.I. Pramac Racing

Ducati

1'40.691

18

Parkes Broc

23

AUS

Paul Bird Motorsport

PBM

1'40.981

19

Pirro Michele

51

ITA

Ducati

Ducati

1'41.018

20

Laverty Michael

70

GBR

Paul Bird Motorsport

PBM

1'41.103

21

Barbera Hector

8

SPA

Ducati Team

Ducati

1'41.129

22

Di Meglio Mike

63

FRA

Avintia Racing

Avintia

1'41.267

23

Petrucci Danilo

9

ITA

Octo IodaRacing Team

ART

1'41.686

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The Termas de Río Hondo Circuit is located 6km from the city which gives the venue its name, in the Province of Santiago del Estero. It was built in a 150 hectare area and officially inaugurated on May 11, 2008, during the visit of Argentina´s Touring Car Racing championship. In… read more.